We had something called prohibition and still have the war on drugs. How much harder was it to obtain alcohol, and how hard is it to obtain weed now? Not that hard, in fact, the prices are even competitive based on quality if you know where to look. I've never smoked weed in my life and yet I know more than 4 people I could go to for it. In rural IOWA. Not Detriot, Chicago, Orlando, LA, New York. (Though you can literally walk out on the street and ask in those places, my friend is quite fond of this method.)

Making something illegal that is in high demand doesn't remove it. And it's not like people can't be hit, strangled, stabbed, drowned... There are A LOT of ways to kill a person, be it yourself or others.

To enable the people who don't intend to use guns for the sole purpose of killing to protect themselves from the ones that do. If you were being held at gunpoint would you rather have no guns or atleast a chance to defend yourself with a small pistol. Even if you banned them completely people still find ways to make their own guns and they would just find a supply to meet the demand.

true but you cant fight guns with guns. im no expert, but in australia they banned guns completely after a massacre and it turned out pretty good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pOiOhxujsE (watch all three) so funny